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Patented Sept. 6, 1932 JOSEPH F. FRESE'; OF BALTIMORE;

BRAKE Application fl1ed January 26, 19311 Serllo. 511,380.

This invention relates to a brake adapted particularly for power drivenmachines, such as printing presses, in which each shaft and brake wheel always turns in one direction 5 0nly, in the normal running of the machine. Such machines may be equipped with one or several brakes, and these are usually provided with means for taking upthe slack in the brake band, due to wear. The operator must adjust these take-up devices, from time to time, in order that the bands may apply the desired braking force to the brake wheels.

The purpose of my invention is to provide asimple brake which requires no manual adjustment to compensate f0 r wear of the brake band, and which applies substantially the same braking force until the brake lining is worn out.

In accordance with the present invention, a flexible, and preferably resilient, brake band is anchored at one of its ends and extends from the point of anchorage partly around the periphery of the brake wheel in the direction of rotaton of the wheel, the opposite end of the brake band being free. The band, by its own resilience, or by gravity, constantly tends to swing away from the surface of the brake wheel, but, in setting the brake its free end is pressed against the wheel by a member which is independent of the band. This member is preferablya centrally pivoted lever having a roller on one arm adapted to bear against the band, and the opposite arm of thelever is weighted and causes the roller t0 press the free end of the band against the brake wheel. With this arrangement, When the heavy arm of the lever is lifted, as by means of a solenoid, the roller is moved away from the brake band and the band falls away from the wheel. When the weighted arm of the lever is allowed to drop, the free end of the brake band is gripped between the roller and the brake wheel and the friction of the latter on the band pulls the band endwise and causes that part of the band between its anchored end and the roller t0 bear against the wheel. As the lever and roller are not connected to the band, they do not impede its endwise movement, and hence no take-11p devces are IQ- quired, either." en the lever 01" band, te compensate fr wear 0n the-band.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a side view of thebrakewheel, band; andtoperatii1g: lever, illi1srating the inventiom the brake 'being set; and,.

F ig. 2-is asimilar view, showing-th brake released.

Referring to thedrawing, a indicatsa brake; wheel, upona shaft b -whichrotatesin the direction of the arrow.. A1 flexible brake band 0 bus: one of its end's 1- anchored to -the fixedsuppel't 2, and -the opposite end portion* 3:0f'the band is fiee As =shown, the-band extendspartlyaround the brke wheel in. thedirection of the ar-r0w, from the fixed sup prt. Bhe;bandis preferably madeofs-pring: steel hewing a brake lining adaptedto engage thebrakingsurface of thewheel; A lever d, pivoted upon a;=stationary pin:4gisadaptad to rock in the plane. of the brake band. As shown, this lever is intheform of. a bell crank; and itsshotter arm 5; projectingdown wardly from thepivotal= point and earrying aprollerr 6; is adapted t0 baan against, the outersurface;of thebrak band,near its;freeend;. The-longerarm 7 ofthelever projects horizontally froni:the pivot Land-is weghted sufliciently-tocause the shorter armto press the; roller firmly against the band; As a means frreckingthe lever,- I haveshowna solenoid e having a core f which is; eon nectedtoithe longer armof thelevem When thissolnoid' isenergized, the lever will be rocked to move the roller away from the band, and When the solenoid is de-energized the lever wi1l rock in the opposite direction and the roller will press the free end of the band against the brake lever.

Normally the parts are in the position sh0wn in Fig. 1. Before the machine is started, the solenoid will be energized, through electrical connections not shown, and the lever will be rocked so as to carry the roller 6 away from the brake wheel and brake band, and the latter will sag away from the wheel, as shown in Fig. 2. When it is desired to set the brake, the solenoid will be deenergized and the weighted arm of the lever will drop downwardly, causing the shorter arm to swing the roller toward the brake wheel and the band Wll thus become grippecl between the roller and the vvheel.

As the whee1 rotates in the directon of the arrow, the rcton appled to the band, at the point where t is grpped, causes an endwse movement of the band -vvhch brngs that part of the brake band Which is included loetween the roller and the anchored end of the band nto contact with the braking s urface of the wheel. It will be evident that the acton Wll be the same whether the band is new or WOII1, no hand adjustment beng required, since the lever is not connected t0 thebrake band and che latter can m0x e endvvse beyond the point of contact with the roller to an eX- tent which will increase gradually as the brake lning wears.

What I claim is:

1. The combnaton with a member having a cylndrcal braking surface and adapted t0 rotate in a vertcal plane in one clrecton, of a lexble substanigally semi-circular bI'-ake band anchorecl at 0ne end and extendng around the lowerhalf of saidmember, a bell crank lever havng a Weghtecl arm and a downwardly extendngarm, the latter having arol ler adapted to normally bear aganst the free end of the ba nd and hold t aga nst the braking surface and a magnet adaptd, When energ zed, t0 lift the weght ed arm. and thereby move the roller away 1om the band, te release the brake.

2, The combinati on Wth a nember havng a cylndrical brakingsurfaceandadapted t0 rotate in a ve1tcalplane in one direction, of a flexble substant ially sem-crcular brake band anchored at one end andextendng aro1ind the lower half of said member and having an out ward projectionat ts free end adaptecl to rest on a suitable support, a bell crank lever hav ng aroller adapted t0 normally bear aganst the band belowsad pro jecton, and a magnet adapted, when ener gized, to lift the vveghtecl arn 1 and thereloy move the roller away from the band, to release the brake.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH FRESEQ 

